Case Studies Real Estate Development

Detroit-based construction firm Malino Construction LLC (Malino) was founded in 2001 by the wife and husband team of Kathy Makino-Leipsitz and Mark Leipsitz. For the past 13 years, Malino has been dedicated to serving the affordable housing market and contributing to the renewal of neighborhoods and historic buildings throughout the city. Kathy has always had […]

While business is booming, the flooded Houston residential market is no easy one to stay afloat in for area homebuilders. Competing with the energy industry for labor and striving to meet all-time high buyer demand means sink or swim for many companies. However, that is not the case for custom contractor Southern Green Builders (SGB). […]

Anthony Jr., Vincenzo and Salvatore De Sapio have been active in the family business for as long as they can remember. Their father, Anthony De Sapio Sr., and uncles, Salvatore and Martin De Sapio, began building in 1947 as De Sapio Brothers, a contracting business based in western central New Jersey. De Sapio Brothers’ first […]

Back in 2009, Daniel Kane and Morris Adkins found themselves in a situation that was both unfortunate and problematic. The recession during that time caused the contractor that Kane and Adkins were working for to go out of business, leading both men to reevaluate the current circumstances and find a new course of action. Through […]

Biltmore Construction Co. Inc. (Biltmore) has been in business for over 60 years. In the 1940s Edward Parker Sr. began as a residential agent and builder, developing properties throughout Belleair Estates and Pinellas County. In 1954, he established Biltmore as a corporation in the state of Florida focusing on commercial development and construction. Biltmore is […]

For 42 years, the Azola family of companies has been breathing new life into aging buildings of all sizes and shapes throughout the greater Baltimore area. The entity sees potential in the old, the rundown and bygones of the past; it has owned, developed, repurposed, reused, retrofitted, reclaimed, managed and leased some of the most […]

The Engel Burman Group (EBG) came about in the late 1990s when two longstanding family businesses merged. Prior to establishing EBG, Sydney Engel operated in the construction industry and Jan Burman as a developer. The partners came together while competing for a role in a joint venture senior housing project in New York. Realizing the […]

RoyOMartin is the brand name of Martin Companies L.L.C., a group of family-owned, professionally managed forest products and forestland management companies based in Alexandria, La. Founded in 1923 as Roy O. Martin Lumber Company, the organization began with a 6-foot, band-saw groundhog mill. Over 91 years, it would grow, literally and figuratively, to encompass 570,000 […]

In just five short years in a tough post-recession economy, Summit Construction Management Group LLC (Summit) has become a well-known name in commercial and institutional real estate development in Orlando and beyond. Highly regarded for their foresight, thoroughness and dynamic problem-solving abilities, Summit’s team has established a network of strategic professional and vendor alliances, allowing […]

Wycoff Development & Construction LLC (WDC) has been in business since 1984. For more than three decades, the company has been providing a strong set of design-build services for end user applications. The design-build team includes engineers, architects and designers, working closely with clients to create ground-up buildings that suit diverse customer needs while offering […]